Sugar Ridge township, Clay County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 28.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.5 sq. mi.
Population: 999 (all rural)
Males: 477 | (47.7%) |
Females: 522 | (52.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 999 (861 owner occupied, 138 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 14% |
State: | 29% |
Races in Sugar Ridge township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.8%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 1.5%
Median age of males: 36.8
Median age of females: 38.0
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Average household size: 2.64
Sugar Ridge township: | 2.6 people |
Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.08
Sugar Ridge township: | $46,411 |
Indiana: | $47,529 |
Here: | $487 |
State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $90,854 (it was $71,900 in 2000)
: | $90,854 |
Indiana: | $122,200 |
Population density: 35 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 4.8% |
Whole state: | 9.5% |
This township: | 1.7% |
Whole state: | 4.2% |
Cities in this township include: Center Point.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Sugar Ridge township include: Maple Grove Church (A), Fatch Chapel (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Moss Cemetery (1), Harris Cemetery (2), Gremes Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lake: Dietz Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creek: Prairie Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
70% of Sugar Ridge township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 939
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 81
- South: 49
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 344
- Two: 3
- 10 to 19: 18
- Mobile homes: 86
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Sugar Ridge township with a mortgage: 106 (9 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 84
- Transportation equipment (24%)
- Construction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (30%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (18%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Registered nurses (14%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Child care workers (8%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Physicians and surgeons (4%)
- Bus drivers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sugar Ridge township:
- United States or American (36.9%)
- German (32.5%)
- French (except Basque) (7.2%)
- English (6.5%)
- Irish (3.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.9%)
- Scottish (1.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 413 (82%)
- Carpooled: 57 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (2%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 23 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (36%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (1%)
98.2% of residents of Sugar Ridge township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,106- In family households: 999 (238 male householders, 57 female householders)
258 spouses, 383 children (360 natural, 6 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 0 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 107 (41 male householders (33 living alone)), 48 female householders (48 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 109 2-persons, 44 3-persons, 106 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 81 1-person, 3 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
207 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (9 men, 41 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
Here: | 7.2% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 16.7% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |